Hey Crunchers,
From debates on financial truth to model breakthroughs and fresh panels at Solana Speed this week, Crunch was everywhere that mattered.
Here’s what’s new across the ecosystem 
Start Submitting to the ADIA Lab Structural Break Challenge
The wait is over, model submissions are now open. Join the ADIA Lab crunch to push the frontier of time-series structural break detection.
$100K in prizes
Deadline: September 15
Submit now
DataCrunch Leaderboard Update
Check out this week’s top performers and see how your models stack up.
Philipp Wassibauer at Solana Speed NYC
Our CTO Philipp Wassibauer joined speakers from MetaMask, Arcium, Pinata, and SendAI at Solana Speed to explore how crypto + AI are helping preserve truth in a post-trust internet.
Panel recordings coming soon!
Peter Cotton at QuantVision 2025
Our CSO, Dr. Peter Cotton, took the stage to debate in favor of Financial Mathematics vs. Financial Physics and the crowd brought the big questions.
Breaking New Ground in Causal Discovery
We spotlight the winners of the last ADIA Lab Causal Discovery Crunch, where models pushed past the benchmark to uncover deeper causal structures.
Crunch x ADIA Lab at ETH Zurich
This weekend, Founder Jean Herelle showcased the Structural Break Challenge live at ETH Zurich alongside ADIA Lab.
New minds, fresh models, and a strong response from the research crowd.
Video coming soon…
Meme of the Week
Post-trust, pre-breakpoint, mid-crunch energy 
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We’re Hiring
If you see data as more than numbers and ML as more than a tool we want to hear from you.
Open roles:
• Quant Dev
• Business Development Manager
• Developer Relations Lead
• Executive Assistant
• Product Manager
That’s it for now.
New challenges, new Crunchers, and always more alpha.
Keep crunchin’.
— The CrunchDAO Team